Jay Spencer and his family during the Great Depression
Jay Spencer Interview
Jay Spencer was a white man who worked as a farmer for one dollar a day, in his early years during the great depression. Later on he began working with his father in construction for about eight to ten hours a day making three dollars and 50 cents when he was 14. Following those jobs Jay mostly stuck to farming mainly sugar beets, the only cash crop as Jay could remember. When Spencer got married in 1927 his problems were getting worse with the expenses that were carried along with his wife and children. Wherever Jay could find work he took it in order to keep up with inflation. Jay Spencers feelings about the great depression was that it made him aprecciate everything in his life much more, which is expressed through him saying, "The Depression made me thankful for every little thing we had. Everything! We had to fix it or it wouldn't get fixed." Jay Spencer worked extremely hard to make ends meet for his family, as far as we know untill his interview in December 7, 1997 by Tina Spencer. My take on Jay, is that he was probably very dedicated to making things work out for his family when inflation set in. No matter how much the Great depression affected the Spencers lives, their father Jay was always willing to take up more work to make things work. If I could think of one word anytime I heard the name Jay Spencer it would be Devotion.
~Joe I~
Cited: http://newdeal.feri.org/sevier/interviews/413s.htm
Describe what you read or heard.
Sherman Dolman was a blacksmith for 40 years, but is recently a painter. She is a female, 75 years of age, and white. She was born in Vervan, Germany and came to Nursery Hill on the Oregon Trail when she was six years old. "In 1910 I came to Lincoln where I engaged in painting. The progress in Nebraska has been wonderful and unbelievable. When I first came here it was all wild prairie, and I have seen it built up all these years". My personal judgment of this interview was that Sherman Dolman moved about a lot durring here time. She was born in Vervan, Germany, then went to Nursery Hill on the old Oregon trail.Then she lived in Nemaha, and now she lives in Lincoln.
(By: Briana Russo)
Combined:
The Great Depression dragged in great harships and suffering along with the inflation. Through personal interviews, people today are able to relive the harsh experiences of people 70 years earlier. The ability to capture such past times is phenomenial. To bring forth information first hand from people who actually lived through the depression is our goals, with two people, Jay Spencer and Sherman Dolman.
Jay Spencer was a white man who worked as a farmer for one dollar a day, in his early years during the great depression. Later on he began working with his father in construction for about eight to ten hours a day making three dollars and 50 cents when he was 14. Following those jobs Jay mostly stuck to farming mainly sugar beets, the only cash crop as Jay could remember. When Spencer got married in 1927 his problems were getting worse with the expenses that were carried along with his wife and children. Wherever Jay could find work he took it in order to keep up with inflation. Jay Spencers feelings about the great depression was that it made him aprecciate everything in his life much more, which is expressed through him saying, "The Depression made me thankful for every little thing we had. Everything! We had to fix it or it wouldn't get fixed." Jay Spencer worked extremely hard to make ends meet for his family, as far as we know untill his interview in December 7, 1997 by Tina Spencer. My take on Jay, is that he was probably very dedicated to making things work out for his family when inflation set in. No matter how much the Great depression affected the Spencers lives, their father Jay was always willing to take up more work to make things work. If I could think of one word anytime I heard the name Jay Spencer it would be Devotion. Also witnessing the great depression first hand was Sherman Dolman. She was a blacksmith for 40 years, but is recently a painter. She is a female, 75 years of age, and white. She was born in Vervan, Germany and came to Nursery Hill on the Oregon Trail when she was six years old. "In 1910 I came to Lincoln where I engaged in painting. The progress in Nebraska has been wonderful and unbelievable. When I first came here it was all wild prairie, and I have seen it built up all these years". My personal judgment of this interview was that Sherman Dolman moved about a lot durring here time. She was born in Vervan, Germany, then went to Nursery Hill on the old Oregon trail.Then she lived in Nemaha, and now she lives in Lincoln.
In conclusion The Great Depression was a hard time for everyone. Jay Spencer had to do whatever he could for him and his family to survive during this time. Sherman Doleman was very dedicated to her work and always did what she loved or wanted to do her whole life, nothing stopped her.
Interview
Who is being interviewed? Andrew MacCurrie
What is his/her title or position? Worked at the mill as an engineer.
What is his/her race? Gender? Age? white, male Where is the interview taking place? Connecticut in an old factory.
What is the date of the interview? July of 1938
Who is the interviewer? Entry handwritten by Andrew MacCurrie.
Jay Spencer Interview
Jay Spencer was a white man who worked as a farmer for one dollar a day, in his early years during the great depression. Later on he began working with his father in construction for about eight to ten hours a day making three dollars and 50 cents when he was 14. Following those jobs Jay mostly stuck to farming mainly sugar beets, the only cash crop as Jay could remember. When Spencer got married in 1927 his problems were getting worse with the expenses that were carried along with his wife and children. Wherever Jay could find work he took it in order to keep up with inflation. Jay Spencers feelings about the great depression was that it made him aprecciate everything in his life much more, which is expressed through him saying, "The Depression made me thankful for every little thing we had. Everything! We had to fix it or it wouldn't get fixed." Jay Spencer worked extremely hard to make ends meet for his family, as far as we know untill his interview in December 7, 1997 by Tina Spencer. My take on Jay, is that he was probably very dedicated to making things work out for his family when inflation set in. No matter how much the Great depression affected the Spencers lives, their father Jay was always willing to take up more work to make things work. If I could think of one word anytime I heard the name Jay Spencer it would be Devotion.
~Joe I~
Cited: http://newdeal.feri.org/sevier/interviews/413s.htm
Describe what you read or heard.
Sherman Dolman was a blacksmith for 40 years, but is recently a painter. She is a female, 75 years of age, and white. She was born in Vervan, Germany and came to Nursery Hill on the Oregon Trail when she was six years old. "In 1910 I came to Lincoln where I engaged in painting. The progress in Nebraska has been wonderful and unbelievable. When I first came here it was all wild prairie, and I have seen it built up all these years". My personal judgment of this interview was that Sherman Dolman moved about a lot durring here time. She was born in Vervan, Germany, then went to Nursery Hill on the old Oregon trail.Then she lived in Nemaha, and now she lives in Lincoln.
(By: Briana Russo)
Combined:
The Great Depression dragged in great harships and suffering along with the inflation. Through personal interviews, people today are able to relive the harsh experiences of people 70 years earlier. The ability to capture such past times is phenomenial. To bring forth information first hand from people who actually lived through the depression is our goals, with two people, Jay Spencer and Sherman Dolman.
Jay Spencer was a white man who worked as a farmer for one dollar a day, in his early years during the great depression. Later on he began working with his father in construction for about eight to ten hours a day making three dollars and 50 cents when he was 14. Following those jobs Jay mostly stuck to farming mainly sugar beets, the only cash crop as Jay could remember. When Spencer got married in 1927 his problems were getting worse with the expenses that were carried along with his wife and children. Wherever Jay could find work he took it in order to keep up with inflation. Jay Spencers feelings about the great depression was that it made him aprecciate everything in his life much more, which is expressed through him saying, "The Depression made me thankful for every little thing we had. Everything! We had to fix it or it wouldn't get fixed." Jay Spencer worked extremely hard to make ends meet for his family, as far as we know untill his interview in December 7, 1997 by Tina Spencer. My take on Jay, is that he was probably very dedicated to making things work out for his family when inflation set in. No matter how much the Great depression affected the Spencers lives, their father Jay was always willing to take up more work to make things work. If I could think of one word anytime I heard the name Jay Spencer it would be Devotion. Also witnessing the great depression first hand was Sherman Dolman. She was a blacksmith for 40 years, but is recently a painter. She is a female, 75 years of age, and white. She was born in Vervan, Germany and came to Nursery Hill on the Oregon Trail when she was six years old. "In 1910 I came to Lincoln where I engaged in painting. The progress in Nebraska has been wonderful and unbelievable. When I first came here it was all wild prairie, and I have seen it built up all these years". My personal judgment of this interview was that Sherman Dolman moved about a lot durring here time. She was born in Vervan, Germany, then went to Nursery Hill on the old Oregon trail.Then she lived in Nemaha, and now she lives in Lincoln.
In conclusion The Great Depression was a hard time for everyone. Jay Spencer had to do whatever he could for him and his family to survive during this time. Sherman Doleman was very dedicated to her work and always did what she loved or wanted to do her whole life, nothing stopped her.
Interview
Who is being interviewed?
Andrew MacCurrie
What is his/her title or position?
Worked at the mill as an engineer.
What is his/her race? Gender? Age?
white, male
Where is the interview taking place?
Connecticut in an old factory.
What is the date of the interview?
July of 1938
Who is the interviewer?
Entry handwritten by Andrew MacCurrie.
Part B